Coronavirus Cases: U.S. child COVID-19 cases continue to rise as kids return to school

Children represented over 20 percent of weekly COVID-19 cases in the United States by the end of August, according to a report by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association.

A total of 203,962 child COVID-19 cases were reported in the week from Aug. 19 to Aug. 26, accounting for 22.4 percent of the weekly reported cases in the country, said the report.

Over two weeks from Aug. 12 to Aug. 26, there was a 9 percent increase in the cumulated number of child COVID-19 cases, it said.

Read more at: U.S. child COVID-19 cases continue to rise as kids return to school - Xinhua

USA - Corona Virus; Suburban Seattle High School Closes Over Virus Fear

The superintendent of a school district north of Seattle has closed the high school "out of an abundance of caution" over coronavirus. The Seattle Times reports that Bothell High School closed Thursday, despite advice from public-health officials, after an employee...

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USA: NRA Strikes again: Number of fatalities' after shooting at Parkland, Florida, high school, senator says - by Elizabeth Chuck and Corky Siemaszko

Lets Make America Great Again By Closing Down The NRA

A teenage gunman opened fire at a South Florida high school on Wednesday afternoon, killing multiple people before he was arrested, officials said.

The suspect, believed to be about 18 years old, is a former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland and there are at least 20 victims, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said.

It was not immediately clear how many of those victims were injured and how many died, but Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., citing Broward County officials, told NBC News that there were "a number of fatalities."

Note EU-Digest: As of February this year there have already been 6 school shootings, and 168 shootings involving schools since the Sandy Hook Dec. 14, 2012 school massacre. Yes indeed America is first allright, also in gun violence.

Read more: 'Number of fatalities' after shooting at Parkland, Florida, high school, senator says - NBC News